The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1887-01-22
PERSONAL AND iMpERsoNAL.

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When John Adams was President
he bought q billiard-table in France.
had it set up in the White House and
sent the bill to Congress, says the
Washington Post.
Mr.. Beecher recently declared, in
a.lecture at Gateshead, Eng. that he
never yet had spoken in hali where
one thousand persons could breathe
comfortably for an hour and half to-
gether.
The heirs of Jonas Waters. Of Mis-
souri,, won't do any fighting over his
last will and testament, He sold his
farm, built himself monument, paid
the funeral expenses in advance and
burned up all his money before he
died.--St. Louis Post.
/ Henry Dumble, of Kingston, Can,
is sixty-eight years old, and for years
has been perfectly bald, but last spring
hair began to grow ON his head, and
now he has fine crop of elegant black
hair, and his whiskers, which have
been gray for twenty years, are turn
ing black. - Toronto Mall.
Rev. H. f. Hill was at Plainficld
ut 5;85 one afternoon, when he received
word that the train was some four
hours~late, and he at once started for
the capital ION FOOT That the rector
is a pedestrian he conclusively proved
by making the ten miles in one hour
and fifteen minutes. Montpelier (N.)
ArquS.
The New York Mail and Express
mentions a pair Of ladies' shoes on. OK
hibltion in Broadway window that
are worth one hundred dollars. They
were made for Murray Hill belle,
who has q pretty foot aud i'm equally
attractive pocletbook. They are made.
save the soles, of plain black satin.
J Rhinestones set in solid silver form the
buttons. 1
-Gray-haired Prof. Whitney, the fa-
nous linguist, who has given up teach-
ing at Yale because of Ill health, has
been these many years one of the most
attractive figures at the New Haven
college Soclable, mild-mannered,
great lover of pleasant anecdote and
always exhibiting the polish Of his
great scholarship, he has been popular
not only in college circles but In town
life as well,- NetO HdUeh Register
"A child at Bristol Queens County,
Nova Scotia, has large and varied as
sortment of grandmothers. Its ma
ternal grandmother is Mrs. William
Dexter, of Bristol, aged forty.six Years.
Its reat-grandmother is Mrs. Abigail
Mcleod, of the same county, aged
sixty-nine. Its at-great-grandmoth
or is Mrs. Sarah Godfrey, also OF
Queens, aged ninety-eight years And
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pafefnal side to take into account.
On her way from the Yellowstone
to Oregon Nine. Minnie Hauk stopped
at Boseman and gave concert, The
auditors were greatly pleased and as
tokens of their admiration presented TO
herewith many other things--two
gold nuggets from neighborng mine.
apair of fine eagle claws and u genu-
inc Indian scalp, taken at the famous
Custer battlefield Pinned to the scalp
was a card saying, "In the absence Of
flowers an Indian trophy, presented to
Nine. Hauk by p. Mounts"
-."Old Harvey and his harp. are
probably known in every town In the
eastern. part of the country. More
than forty years ago Harvey Morgan
was q popular harp player in Wales
and England. His playing abilities
not only won him the applause of
thousands. but nctted him large sums
of money in the way of prizes and en-.
gagement fees. He has several medals
won there, He played before royalty.
As performer on The harp he became
national man, and was soon pos.
sessed of considerable wealth. Last
Tuesday he applied for admission to
the Pittsburgh (Pa.) city home, and
was admitted. He is seventy years
old. FAttddeti,hia Press.
"a LITTLE NONSENSE.